Cincinnati Bengals Defense Must Prepare a Bit Differently Ahead of Matchup vs Jets

The Jets have a major dilemma on their hands ahead of Sunday's game against the Bengals.

Head coach Aaron Glenn benched Justin Fields in favor of Tyrod Taylor during Sunday's 13-6 loss to the Panthers.

Which quarterback will start this week?

"Well that's something I want to continue to look at," Glenn said on Monday. "There's a lot of thought that goes into that for me personally. And then being able to get with the staff and then just being able to ask othert coaches that been in this situation how they handle that. I'm not running away from the question at all, Rich. The thing is I want to make sure I make the right decisions and I don't want to make rash decisions either."

Fields finished 6-of-12 for 46 yards. He also ran for 22 yards. Taylor completed 10-of-22 passes for 126 yards and two interceptions. Both quarterbacks led the offense on one scoring drive a piece that ended with two Nick Folk field goals.

“We needed a spark at that time. I felt it was the right time to do it,” Glenn said after the game.

This is significant news for a Bengals team that is trying to rebound after losing four-straight games (Weeks 3-6) without Joe Burrow.

They traded for Joe Flacco on Oct. 7. He started against the Packers five days later and led Cincinnati to a 33-31 win over the Steelers just nine days after the trade.

At 3-4 the Bengals feel like they have a legitimate chance of going on a run. Beating the Jets would get them back to .500. It would also give them renewed hope that they can turn it around and salvage this season.

Al Golden and this Bengals' defense needs to be better. That will start, at least early in the week, with preparing to face two different quarterbacks: Fields and Taylor.